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This assignment is a critical analysis and reflection of my continuing personal and professional development (CPPD) needs in practice. This account will identify practical needs that I must improve with supportive evidence based research, and evaluate the impact of this need for my personal development as a future qualified nurse. My learning need was with…

The concept of reflection in learning is not new. It can be traced back as far as Aristotle’s discussions of ‘practical judgement and moral action’ in his Ethics (Grundy 1982 cited in Boud et al 2005a P11). In 1933, Dewy stated that there were two kinds of ‘experiential process’ leading to learning. The first process…

For this essay I have audited my leadership skills using theoretical models and referred to specific situations and experiences. This encompasses personal, academic and professional reflections and explores opportunities for my career paths and personal development with an Action Plan for the future. This has required critical evaluation of my own development needs in light…

Enhancing Learning in a Specialist Environment: Development of a Tool for Nursing Students I am a qualified nurse, qualified to care for Paediatric Patients and have been qualified since 2017, I have been in my current role since qualification and plan to extend my role to further support students within the settings, who are aiming…

The skill that I will reflect on in this essay is the administration of an intramuscular Injection (IM). An IM is an injection deep into a muscle (Dougherty & Lister, 2008). This route is often chosen for its quick absorption rate and often medication cannot be given via other routes. The reason I have chosen…

Reflective account of a nursing assessment of a new admission INTRODUCTION This essay is going to reflect upon the care that was provided to Patient A, a 16-year-old with a diagnosis of self-harm and psychosis. A care assessment was carried out, with the use of various questions. The Gibbs (1988) reflective model will be utilised…

Introduction Psychology is the systematic study of human behaviour, thinking processes, problem solving behaviour, emotions or mental processes (Peters et al., 2016). It also used to study how the mind works or affects a person’s behaviour. While, sociology is the systematic and scientific study of social behaviour, relation, interactions, patterns of behaviours, cultures of everyday…

Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle was developed by Graham Gibbs in 1988 to give structure to learning from experiences. It offers a framework for examining experiences, and given its cyclic nature lends itself particularly well to repeated experiences, allowing you to learn and plan from things that either went well or didn’t go well. Gibbs’ reflective cycle,…

I am a Paramedic registered with the health professions council and this essay will look reflectively at an incident I attended during the course of my duties. The assignment will look at the moral, ethical and legal aspects of pre-hospital care with which I was challenged during this particular emergency. Confidentiality has been maintained at…

My aim of this essay is to reflect on my learning outcome pressure sore care and management. Pressure sores also known as decubitus ulcers. Benbow (2006) defines it as areas of localized tissue damage as a result of excess pressure, shearing or friction forces. To reflect on my learning process, I am going to apply…